Iran ‘strongly rejects’ Israeli claims on oil tanker attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for attacking its oil tanker within the Arabian Sea earlier this month.

Iran's international ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani stated Israel has compromised different states’ safety all through its 'shameful historical past' [File: Atta Kenare / AFP]

Tehran, Iran– Iran has rejected a declare by its regional arch foe Israel that it was behind an assault on an oil tanker earlier this month.

Tehran “strongly rejects” the allegation, Iran’s international ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani advised reporters throughout a press convention on Monday.

“The Zionist regime has gotten used to levelling allegations towards the Islamic Republic of Iran, like its most important ally, the US authorities,” he stated relating to Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had on Sunday blamed Iran for the assault on the Israeli-linked Campo Sq. oil tanker on February 10, promising that Israel will proceed its efforts to counter Tehran.

Kanaani, the international ministry spokesman, additionally stated Israel has compromised different states’ safety all through its “shameful historical past” and subsequently, is in no place to accuse others of offences that jeopardise regional safety.

The Liberian-flagged tanker was suspected of being attacked by a drone, and Eletson, the Greek firm that manages the vessel stated it was “hit by an air-borne object whereas within the Arabian Sea”.

The corporate stated the vessel and crew are protected and solely the vessel sustained minor harm. The corporate is considered linked with a British transport firm based and chaired by an Israeli, Eyal Ofer.

Iran and Israel have been engaged in a shadow warfare for years that has more and more spilled out into the open amid rising tensions and a impasse over talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear cope with world powers.

Israel on Sunday launched air assaults on Syria’s capital which killed 5 folks and wounded 15 others. The raids hit a constructing in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood close to a big, closely guarded safety advanced near Iranian installations, witnesses stated.

Tehran had beforehand accused Israel of being behind a January drone assault on a defence ministry web site in Iran’s central Isfahan province.

Israel and the US have accused Iran of being behind a number of assaults on oil tankers prior to now two years.